I am one of those people who you loathe. One of those invisible people who come into your living room without asking your permission. One of those people who follow you while you shop, and make it harder for you to make legal purchases. One of those people who try and tell you how to raise your children, as if you don't know how. One of those who gives ratings to stations that promote our demise as a free nation. I am your enemy. Or at least I was.

I followed it all, all of the propaganda, all of the hoopla. Believed it too. Believed that leaving my house was more dangerous than being in a war. At any given moment one of you evil gun owners would open fire on me. I saw the NRA stickers, the Gun owners of America stickers on the cars that passed, and I thought you were all fools. I did everything in my power financially to try and help more laws pass that would prevent you from owning guns. I wholeheartedly believed that only the Police, and Military should have guns.
Every time I heard of a gang shooting, or other criminal act committed with a gun, I honestly believed that if we could curtail the legal sale of guns, we could make a difference.

Boy was I wrong.

I have children, three actually, and to me the only thing more important than raising them properly, was seeing that they aren't hurt in anyway. I wanted to ban guns, save my children, save all children. No child should have to be part of any kind of death, especially the kind that involves being shot. I gave money to all of the anti gun organizations I could think of, went to the
"Million" Mom March, even looked at Rosie when she spoke, and actually admire her. Brought the kids as well, and even yelled some not so nice things to those other marchers. I'm sure some of you know who I refer to.

I was on my way back from the march, on my way back to Connecticut, when I stopped off of the highway at a rest stop by one of those
McDonalds they have off I-95. By this time I had dropped off two of my kids with their father, and only had my little one with
me. I went into the restroom with her, and on my way out noticed two men hanging out by my car. There were only two other cars in the lot at the time that were anywhere near my vehicle. I immediately
felt threatened by their demeanor, but continued on to my car. The smaller of the two approached me with a knife as I was about to open the door to put my child in her car
seat. He yelled at me to get in the back of the car, they were taking me for a little ride. I obviously told them to just take my keys, they could have the car, but they insisted I get in the back. I then heard a man yelling
something I don't quite recall, and saw him running towards me with a gun in his hand. The two men vanished into their car, and sped away. I stood there frozen in time, and by the time the gentleman with the gun got to me I just broke down and cried.

To make a long story short, you were all right, and I'm sorry. This man with a gun saved me, and I just keep thinking if I had gotten my wish and guns were banned, there is no telling where I'd be, and what would've happened to my daughter. The only regret I have is not getting the
man's phone number who saved my life. I thanked him over and over again, and told him that he saved me, but he calmly said to me something I'd never forget. He said "That's what people like me are here for
Ms., and I'm happy to have been able to help."

"That's what people like me are here for," those words keep on running through my head everyday. Maybe this gentleman by some chance is part of your group, and will read my
message. If he does I would just like to say something to him, and to everyone else reading this note.

Thank you for saving my life, and to the rest of you thank you for fighting for this
man's right to protect me and my child. Tell him for me that I will no longer be part of the group who invades his home, and tries to tell him how to store his guns. Tell him I will never be part of any group who tries to make it impossible for him to buy his tool he used to save me. And tell him I will never again tell him how to raise his children properly, because obviously I was oblivious to the fact that responsible people such as
him know how to raise their children better than I do. I did rectify that situation the other
day; I bought a shotgun for home protection, and am in the process of getting my concealed permit. Next time I will be ready to defend myself, or others for that matter. Some of my friends think I'm crazy,
but they try their best to understand. I just tell them that as soon as their
child's life is put in jeopardy by some criminal with a weapon that they will understand, but until then don't tell me how to live my life. I've lost some friends, but surprisingly most of them understand. If not for this man I could very easily have been killed or raped, and my child could've been taken from me, so once more I need to say thanks for saving me, and with all sincerity to the rest of you, forgive me, for I have sinned.

Brian,

Thank you for sharing your friend's heartfelt
and sensible about face. Please ask her to write more, to get involved, to help
us save our rights so other children can be saved, and to speak her truth loudly
and boldly to all who will listen. Her's is a story that must be retold,
again and again. She now has the experience necessary to help her friends and
loved ones to become - like her - self determinant, unvictimizable citizens.

Tell her we admire and respect her for being strong enough to
allow reason, common sense and experience to guide her into the right place
regarding lawful ownership of firearms. Tell her we understand where she was
coming from, and it's okay; she's home now. And let her know how vital her
own experience can be for helping other gun-fearing people to wake up and see
the light that only .004% of all gun owners have committed all of the
gun-related crimes - that the rest of us are decent people just like she is who
care very much to see an end to crime.

Help your friend, our new friend, understand
that, under the same circumstances, the vast majority of gun owners
would've done the exact same thing for her and her child, without hesitation and
in full sobriety, even if it meant putting our own lives in danger.

Brian, please direct our new friend to our Women's
Section, where she can find sustenance from the words of other women who've
learned - some the hard way - that having a self-defense firearm handy is one of
the smartest moves a woman (or anyone) will ever make. http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/Women

And if you live near enough to our new friend
to see her face to face, please deliver a warm, caring, friendly and
ultra-supportive bearhug to her on behalf of KeepAndBearArms.com and all decent
gun owners everywhere. She deserves one.

I have not one doubt, even if I am in agreement with the National Rifle Association, that that kind of record keeping procedure [gun registration] is the first step to eventual confiscation under one administration or another. —CHARLES MORGAN, DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON DC ACLU

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